<p>Can anyone explain the new Integrated Inquiry Curriculum for class 2016 and beyond? why do they make a change? Does it have more core courses and course distribution? so complicated.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Here’s a draft of the IQ curriculum implementation, I don’t believe there have been any significant changes. <a href=“http://artsci.wustl.edu/files/artsci/Implementation_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://artsci.wustl.edu/files/artsci/Implementation_2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Basically, a course will belong to one of four categories: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences/math, and linguistic and cultural diversity. You’ll have to take 3 courses in each area (4 in ling/cult diversity if you don’t take foreign language).</p>
<p>Some courses will also have an extra designation: writing skills (writing 1), writing intensive, applied numeracy, and social differentiation. You must take one course with each of these designations.</p>
<p>Finally, you will have to complete at least 3 “Integrated Learning Experiences,” one of which has to be in a different category than your major. Majors, Minors, special freshman programs, special study-abroad programs, and “Integrated Inquiries” all can be used to fulfill the “Integrated Learning Experiences” requirement.</p>
<p>An “Integrated Inquiry” is basically a group of courses on related topics.</p>
<p>I actually talked to the registrar in charge of the IQ curriculum. Overall, you actually have more freedom on the courses you can choose to meet area requirements. You are not forced to take clusters for each area. You are required three integration from at least two of the four areas. An integration can be your major, second major, minor, second minor, first year programs, certain study abroad programs, and integrated inquires. So if you have two majors and took a first year program, as long as they belong to at least two areas, you have meet the integration. If you have specific questions and you dont want to ask the A&S department, just post it and i will try to answer. Just remember i am not the expert but i did talk to the expert :-)</p>
<p>Thank you both :)</p>
<p>@RyanMK, your link looks like for class 2015,not for 2016. There is no bulletin for 2012-2013yet. I only found this link, <a href=“WU Course Listings”>WU Course Listings; ,and then I clink “IQ”, I don’t know what I’m going to do next.
Orientation only lasts 3-4 days, we will talk to our advisors about 4 year plan, register courses, and then colleges will have 1500 course schedules ready, sounds like too rush. especially for the people like me -undecide what I’m going to learn. I thought about Academic weekend, but I can not make it for some reason.</p>
<p>I’m confused as to why you think that my link was for the class of 2015, not 2016. As a current freshman, this is different than what we have, and it also says for year 2012, aka the rising freshmen. The pdf does explain everything about the IQ program. You are correct, the 2012-2013 bulletin isn’t out yet, but that’s just a course listing, it doesn’t really have much to do with the new curriculum. If you’re interested in that, you can go here: <a href=“WU Course Listings”>WU Course Listings; and you can even go to the IQ tab and see some of the designations.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about first semester registration. If you have a general idea in what you want to pursue take a few gen. ed. pre-reqs in that area. Otherwise, if you have no clue, you can just sign up for what sounds interesting and worry about 4 year plans later.</p>
<p>Does all of that apply to the engineering school? From what I’ve gathered, it seems as though the engineering school’s requirements are fairly different from the other schools’</p>
<p>Nope, this is just arts and sciences. Each school has their own requirements and curricula.</p>